Antique Painted Tibetan Choksar - 18thC Material - Jackfruit Wood The casting is then cleaned

The casting is then cleaned and finer details are carved to finish the piece

Millstone diameter approx 61cm

Tiffin boxes were used in the old days as lunch boxes or for packaging up small snacks which the colonials called tiffin

they would look very dramatic in a minimalist setting

boxes such as this played an important role in Indian social and cultural life

Antique Painted Tibetan Choksar - 18thC Material - Jackfruit Wood The casting is then cleanedChoksar From Tibet with Original Painting 18thC Tibetan furniture is mostly constructed from cedar or pine and painted in the traditional Tibetan colours, they are often decorated with floral or tantric designs. Choksars are used in front of the family altar as table to read and recite from the long prayer books. Normally a monk would do this on a regular basis for the family. Original antique Tibetan cabinets and Choksars are now quite rare and there